Harmke Schellekens

Harmke Schellekens is an Education Coordinator and Researcher within the Subdivision Operations Research and Logistics at Wageningen University & Research. She holds an MSc from Wageningen University and a BSc in Economics from Utrecht University, complemented by a teacher degree in economics. Her professional roles include managing educational processes, coordinating thesis rings, and contributing to research initiatives in supply chain management and food systems.

Education:

• BSc Economics, Utrecht University (2013–2017)
• MSc Operations Research and Logistics, Wageningen University (2017–2020)

Research Interests: Harmke focuses on optimizing supply chains, industrial symbiosis in food clusters, and circular economy practices. She has conducted fieldwork in Moscow and Singapore, exploring food cluster dynamics, and analyzed labor market impacts of educational policies.

Professional Contributions: As an Education Officer, she designs courses like Food Logistics Management and Supply Chain Research Skills. She previously interned at Albert Heijn, investigating pork supply chain circularity, and collaborated with the Ministry of Education on vocational training outcomes.

Labs/Teams: Active member of the Operations Research and Logistics research group at Wageningen.